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(11) EP 3 543 147 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.01.2020 Bulletin 2020/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.09.2019 Bulletin 2019/39

(21) Application number: 19151642.6

(22) Date of filing: 14.01.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B64F 5/60(2017.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 31.01.2018 US 201815884734

(71) Applicant: The Boeing Company
Chicago, IL 60606 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • FARNER, Scott Charles
    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-159660 (US)
  • SHARP, Joseph Edward Dale
    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-159660 (US)
  • DICKSON, Randall Wade
    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-159660 (US)

(74) Representative: Bugnion S.p.A. - US1 
Bugnion S.p.A. Via Pancaldo 68
37138 Verona
37138 Verona (IT)

   


(54) OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL RIGGING


(57) Systems and methods for aircraft flight control rigging are described. An example system includes a first set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the first set, a distance from the laser rangefinder to a respective target location on a fixed surface of an aircraft, and a second set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the second set, a distance to a respective target location on a control surface of the aircraft. The example system also includes a processor to (i) receive signals indicative of the distance measured by each rangefinder and (ii) generate a first plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the rangefinders of the first set to its respective target location and a second plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the laser rangefinders of the second set to its respective target location.







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